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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
07138
Record number:
07138-1
JCB call number:
B651 H557n / 2-SIZE
Image title:
[Title page] Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus
Creator 1:
Frederic Greuter
Creator 1 role:
inc.
Place image published:
Rome
Image publisher:
Ex Typographeio Vitalis Mascardi
Image date:
1651
Image function:
added engraved title page
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
29.8 cm.
Image dimension width:
20.4 cm
Page dimension height:
33.1 cm.
Page dimension width:
22.3 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Latin
Description:
Six native Americans flank title surmounted by the royal Spanish coat of arms of Philip II, III, and IV surrounded by the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece. At base of the title is a map of Mexico. Decorative elements include cornucopia, sphere, feathered headdresses and garments, wildcat, coral, sack of coins, ceremonial staffs, and various plants and fruits.
Source creator:
Hernandez, Francisco, 1517-1587
Source Title:
Novum plantarum, animalium et mineralium mexicanorum historia
Source place of publication:
Rome
Source publisher:
Sumptibus Blasij Deuersini, & Zanobij Masotti Bibliopolarum. Typis Vitalis Mascardi
Source date:
MDCLI [1651]
Time Period:
1651-1700
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1971.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico
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